#1 Andrea Balsis

2009: Played in 80 sets as a
junior for Valpo, appearing in 32 of the team’s 33 matches ... ranked fourth on
the team with 2.26 digs/set ... matched previous career high of nine digs Sept.
4 vs. Texas A&M-CC and Sept. 5 vs. South Dakota ... would go on to pick up
double figure dig totals in five matches ... matched career best with three
assists Sept. 5 vs. South Dakota ... tallied a pair of service aces in three
straight matches Sept. 12-18 ... registered 10 digs Sept. 12 at Southern
Illinois, 16 digs Sept. 18 at Youngstown State and 10 digs Sept. 19 vs.
Maryland Eastern Shore in three consecutive matches ... set new career high
with 20 digs Sept. 25 in five-set win over Wright State ... also recorded 10 digs
Oct. 7 against Milwaukee in just two sets ... totaled season-high four kills
Nov. 10 against Chicago State ... earned a spot on the Horizon League Academic
Honor Roll for the spring semester.

2008: Saw action in 22
matches for the Crusaders as a sophomore, stepping on the court for 47 sets …
saw action mainly as a back-row substitute … registered six digs in Crusaders’
victory over Notre Dame in Shamrock Invitational championship Aug. 31 … set then-career
highs with nine digs and three assists to go along with a pair of aces Sept. 13
at WKU … picked up four digs in sweep of Youngstown State Oct. 4 … had a
standout all-around match Nov. 14 at Chicago State, matching her career high with
11 kills on .364 hitting … also tallied career bests of 22 attacks and four
blocks, while recording five digs as well in the sweep of the Cougars … closed
season by registering seven digs in sweep of Western Michigan Nov. 29.

2007: Appeared in 19 games
over 12 matches during her freshman campaign ... hit .240 on the season in
limited action ... averaged 1.11 kills, 0.58 aces and 0.63 digs per game ...
debuted Aug. 25 in match at Illinois State ... put together best match of first
season Sept. 1 against St. Francis (N.Y.) ... shone from the service line
against the Terriers, registering seven service aces in the sweep ... seven
aces is second-most in a three-game match in Valpo history and third-most in
any length match ... had just one collegiate serve prior to stepping to the
service line 28 times against St. Francis ... also posted a career-best 11
kills on .450 hitting in the sweep of the Terriers ... chipped in five digs and
two blocks as well ... posted a pair of kills as well as three more aces Sept.
14 against Duquesne ... put up four kills and two digs in sweep of DePaul Sept.
15 ... registered a pair of digs Oct. 2 versus Cleveland State ... tallied two
kills in win over Butler on Oct. 19.

Prep: A four-year
letterwinner for the Comets ... earned First Team All-Conference honors all
four seasons ... earned All-District and All-Region accolades as a junior and
as a senior ... led Comets to four straight conference championships ... Coloma
won district and region titles her senior year ... team went 63-4 in her senior
season ... holds school single-season (882) and career (2,090) kills records
... marks rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in Michigan state history ...
also earned letters in softball (three), basketball (three), equestrian (three)
and track (two) ... a two-time First Team All-Conference performer in softball
and track ... was a member of the two-time Michigan Interscholastic
Horsemanship Association state champions ... class valedictorian ... a member
of National Honor Society ... a Wendy's Heisman High School Scholar-Athlete
finalist.

Personal: Balsis
is the daughter of David and Marilou Balsis ... majors are biology and
pre-dental ... born Aug. 1, 1988.